Deep Water

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.   Genesis 1:2 

So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.   1 Samuel 26:12 

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.   Nehemiah 9:11 

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.   Job 38:30 

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.   Psalm 42:7 

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.   Psalm 69:2 

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.   Psalm 69:14, 15 

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.   Psalm 104:6 

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.   Proverbs 18:4 

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.   Proverbs 20:5 

Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.   Isaiah 51:10, 11 

For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.   Ezekiel 26:19-21 

The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.   Ezekiel 31:4 

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.   Ezekiel 31:15 

Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.   Ezekiel 32:14 

Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.   Ezekiel 34:18, 19 

The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.   Habakkuk 3:10 

The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?   John 4:11 

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